Stacey Solomon 's dog adoption has seen an animal charity forced to deny they bend the rules for celebrities looking for pets.
The star adopted a new dog last week following the death of her other dog Theo, who was her pet for 11 years.
The former X Factor star shared the news with her followers last week that she'd welcomed cocker spaniel Teddy from a foster home to keep their other dog Peanut the dachshund company.
She got her new pooch from ProDogsDirect but they've had to defend themselves over some fans who think it's unfair that Stacey's been able to get the dog.
One fan commented: "I'd love to know how you do this I had to go and get a puppy as no rescue would let me have a dog due to having a baby you have a toddler and a baby... it's ridiculous that so called normal people can't rescue but famous people can and it doesn't matter about the circumstances....
"No hate just it's unfair how the system works why should someone being famous change a dogs life in a rescue centre I may have given a rescue dog just as good life as you?"
Another added: "I just find it sad rescues don't normally make the adoption process so easy. Families normally need older children etc due to not knowing a dogs history. But for celebrities, they break the rules.
"Not even a home visit. Why not give everyone the same treatment regardless of celebrity or not."
While a third said: "Can't believe he is a rescue dog, and they just let you take him home, what next will you celebrities be able to do, we would have had to be checked and had a home visit."
The charity spoke out to deny that they give celebrities special treatment.
They posted a statement that said: "We treat each dog as an individual - lots of our dogs, sadly the majority, cannot be homed with young children because of their past or lack of information about their past.
"[Teddy] is great with children, he has a fab temperament and is now in a great home. We know that it is difficult when you have children, and we wish all of our dogs could be homed with children."
They went on to explain that not all dogs can be rehomed with children due and that they treat all dogs as individuals rather than imposing a blanket rule.
They added: "Yes we have rehomed one of our dogs to @staceysolomon and her family. Yes she followed our adoption process, yes she completed an application form, yes her home was vetted, and no she did not adopt a dog in 24hours."
The foster home finished with describing the situation as 'sad' that the minority of people cannot be happy that a rescue dog has found a good home with Stacey.
